truckle
a pulley.
to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
Origin of truckle
1Other words for truckle
Other words from truckle
- truckler, noun
- truck·ling·ly, adverb
- un·truck·led, adjective
- un·truck·ling, adjective
Words Nearby truckle
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How to use truckle in a sentence
Martin stepped towards a low truckle-bed on which lay the emaciated form of a woman covered with a scanty and ragged quilt.
Martin Rattler | R.M. BallantyneThis vain, haughty, and imperious Minister expected every one shou'd truckle to him.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzLooking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead.
Great Expectations | Charles DickensWhen I came to myself I was lying upon a truckle-bed, in a bare, half-furnished room.
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard | Arthur Conan DoyleA truckle-bed for the children or chamber servants was pushed under the principal bed by day.
British Dictionary definitions for truckle (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /
(intr usually foll by to) to yield weakly; give in
Origin of truckle
1Derived forms of truckle
- truckler, noun
British Dictionary definitions for truckle (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /
a small wheel; caster
a small barrel-shaped cheese
(intr) to roll on truckles
(tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles
Origin of truckle
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